Ohio Revised Code Title XLIX. Public Utilities § 4957.23

The land or property required to make alteration in the street, road, alley, or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a public street, alley, or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, necessitated by a proposed improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The land or property required to make any alteration in a railroad or any right, title, or interest in a public street, road, alley, or way required to permit the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, and structure necessitated by the proposed improvements, shall be purchased or appropriated by the company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation may acquire land or property, or any part thereof, required for the purposes mentioned by this section and subsequently sell the same or a part thereof at private sale to the company, and execute and deliver deeds for it. The municipal corporation shall not appropriate land held or owned by a railroad company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its railroad.